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World's Longest Yard Sale is here

The Enquirer
11:58 p.m. EDT August 8, 2014

Vendor Ernie Armstrong, right, waves goodbye to customer Miriam Gober, of Union, who had stopped at his property Friday in the 9000 block of Old Union Road where several vendors had set up for the World’s Longest Yard Sale.
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The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy
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Vendor Ernie Armstrong (right) waves good bye to customer Miriam Gober, of Union, who had stopped at his property in the 9000 block of Old Union Road where several vendors had set up for the World's Longest Yard Sale. (Photo: The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy)

Vendor John Conley unpacks a World War I soldier's coat in the 9000 block of Old Union Road where several vendors had set up for the World's Longest Yard Sale. Inside the coat he found the soldier's name - C.B. Skimmerton, of Cincinnati - and his pay book - he received $40.80 a month (see next photo). (Photo: The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy)

Joe Sebastian, of Independence, looks over saws offered for sale by a vendor in the 9000 block of Old Union Road where several vendors had set up for the World's Longest Yard Sale. He planned to follow the sale to Frankfort. The sale runs 690 miles along the US 127 corridor from Michigan to Alabama. (Photo: The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy)

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Saws, costume jewelry, historic relics, clothes and more await bargain hunters at area spots along the World's Longest Yard Sale, an annual sale that stretches 690 miles from Michigan to Alabama along the U.S. 127 corridor.

It runs through Sunday.

Rain didn't deter buyers or sellers at the Covington portion of the World's Longest Yard Sale in MainStrasse Village.
The Enquirer/Glenn Hartong